President Donald Trump’s attorneys have provided the special counsel’s office with written descriptions that chronicle key moments under investigation in hopes of curtailing the scope of a presidential interview, according to two people familiar with the situation. Read More

It remained uncertain Monday whether the health care language would end up in the massive $1 trillion-plus spending bill that must pass by Friday at midnight to stave off a government shutdown. Read More

Claire’s Stores, known for tween jewelry and ear piercing, has become the latest victim of the retail apocalypse. The company filed for bankruptcy Monday and said it reached an agreement with creditors including its private-equity backer, Apollo Global Management, to restructure around $1.9 billion in debt. Read More

James Comey’s memoir surged to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list over the weekend after President Donald Trump attacked the former FBI director in a string of angry tweets — and the book isn’t even published yet. Read More

Streaming services aren’t beholden to the same content restrictions as broadcast television. The result, to some viewers’ chagrin and others’ delight, is often more sex, more violence and more cursing. Read More

Dozens of FBI agents, Pennsylvania state officials and members of a treasure-hunting group were buzzing around a site where the treasure hunters say as much as $55 million in lost Union gold could be buried. Read More

Serge and Beate Klarsfeld say they are horrified by the state of affairs in Europe and beyond, with the parallel forces of nationalism and xenophobia once again permissible in the public sphere. Read More

Facebook’s recent suspension of Cambridge Analytica highlights the rapid rise of a company that claimed it had reached new heights in marrying the art of political persuasion with the science of big data. Read More

Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., announced Saturday afternoon that he has offered McCabe a job to work on election security in his office, “so that he can reach the needed length of service” to retire. Read More